| Recycling |
Invest in a good winter coat |
Save money by recycling other people's waste like this European starling
using an oil can as a nest site. |
A thick winter coat, like that of the chamois,
is suited to conserving heat during cold winter months and cutting energy bills. |
| Catch a lift with a friend |
Allogrooming |
Manta rays
are often host to remoras which attach themselves to the larger fish, use them for transport, and even consume particles of food that fall from the mouth. |
Instead of paying for a salon visit, get a friend to pamper and groom you like allogrooming rhesus macaques.
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| Be an opportunistic feeder |
Green gyms |
The Egyptian vulture
is an opportunist and will feed on a huge range of food that it encounters. Most remarkably, it will throw stones at eggs to break open the shell - an incredible and rare example of tool-use in birds. |
Instead of forking out on a gym membership, go running with a group of friends, following the example of the gregarious gemsbok.
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| Utilise friends and family |
Stock up on provisions |
Instead of paying for childcare, why not follow the example of African elephants
where young are often cared for by other females in the group, known as allomothers. |
Giant kangaroo rats
feed on seeds, vegetation and insects, storing a cache of seeds to see them through periods of drought, so why not build up a larder of supplies. |
| Have friends round for dinner instead of going out |
Make your own entertainment |
The blacktip shark
can be observed in a feeding frenzy with other species such as the Caribbean reef shark. |
Forget expensive theme parks, get together with some friends and make your own fun. Ravens
are very playful birds, performing mid-air acrobatics, playing 'games' with each other's beaks and passing stones to each other. |
